Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-05-26
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muIucE III the seCOuu utgTec, may ~.
This is the same degree of crime of which
he was formerly convicted. The trial
was before Judge Loofbourow, as before,
and was ably conducted on both sides.
The store Of Knudson q Hardman, at
Manly Junction, was burglarized on the
night of May IS, and the safe forced
open. Some silver and pennies and pos
tage stamps were taken, and some pocket
cutlery bearing the brand "Kean Cutlery"
Two strangers were seen in town that
evening. one large man, the other rath.
err small
Rev. P. P. ingalls,. formerly one of the
bading Methodist preachers of Iowa, died
Nay 18 in White City. Kan, and his re.
mains were brought to Des Moines for
burial. He occupied the principal pull
pits of the State, and few years ago be-
came identified with the greenback move
nent and founded the Iowa Tribune, a
greenback organ at Des Moines. He af
forwards returned to the ministry in Kan.
sas. He was noted through the west fol-
us eloquent and deep religious fA-""-
Mr.. King has completed his work on
Jumbo, the big well at Belle PLANE. and
reported it to the city officials as finished
and presented his statement. 1t is ques.
tionable if his clam is allowed by the
council. The condition of the well is
this: The flow around the outside of the
casing has been stopped; there is small
leak from defective joint about twenty
feet down, but it is seemingly unimpor.
ant; the water flows from the big casing
through q fve-inch pipe, which can be
shut off at pleasure. 1t flows an immense
stream.
An Atlantic capitalist, whose property
was of the portable kind, loaded $40, 900
in his grip and took up his residence in
Omaha for month at the time the as
SCISSOR was making his rounds.
Charles Gibbs, q Nebraska carpenter
who was en- route east with his wife, be.
came violently insane at Burlington
and was taken from the train. His present
condition is due to excessive drinking.
A State base ball league was organized
at Newton, comprising the following
cities: Marshalltown, Newton, Webster
City. What Cheer. Humboldt and Creston.
e. T. King, of Marshaltown. was elected
president.
OF prairie flowers in Iowa there are
seventy-seven varieties in bloom in May.
1871 in June and 1855 in July. The flora OF
Iowa is now listed at 1,176 species
The Sioux City constables are raiding
the breweries and taking in tanglefoot by
the barrel.
A fiery-eyed brunette and six-foot
country dude are on trial in Dubuque for
lewdness and the show attracts full
houses
Thirty kegs Of beer at the Orange City
depot caused the scribe of the Herald to
look up the reports in the auditors office
and he was surprised to see what an i'm
mense amount of intoxicating liquors are
sold there for culinary, medical and sac
ramental purposes.
The Times Office at Dubuque, was Wis
tied by the fire fend May II, for the Sec
old time within the last three months.
1t was confined to the paper room, in
which was the newspaper stock, worth
81 500, most Of which was burned or de-
stroyed by water.
The city council CT Atlantic, at a spe-
cal meeting passed an ordinance exempt
ing all manufactures and industries inves
ting $1,000 or more in manufacturing.
etc. from city taxes for term of five
years.
A meeting of the bicyclists from vari-
Gus parts of the State preparatory to
starticg for the St. Louis meeting occur
red at Fairfield, May 10. A team took
fright at one of the wheels and ran. The
broken wagon tongue caught under a
crossing, and the driver, David Fry, was
thrown the entire width of the street,
striking the opposite walk. His head
was crushed and he died in four hours.
lie was prominent retired farmer, So
years old. The wheelmen dispensed
with all their intended festivities. The
accident was not the result of reckless or
careless driving.
Davenport and Dubuque shippers are
making use of the Burlington pro rata
freight rates from the east to the river,
while waiting for one of their own
How soon they will have one of their own
IS question nobody seems able to an
swer.
Mr.. Herman, farmer living near Yves.
| on had his harn farm machinery fnul